Description: By her height and skin tone it is easy to guess Kia'aleia hails from the southern isles of the Thrax holdings. Several inches taller than most women, she has the sleek muscled frame of someone who works, but at something other than hard labor. Her thick black hair is always pulled back by combs, or by a colorful wide headband run from her forehead to under her hair at the nape of her neck. She has dark colored eyes, with a tilt to them that seem to soften her expression into amusement, which is often at odds with the focused set of her wide mouth. A serious laceration scar is easy to spot on the side of her neck, but may be missed when compared to the scattered scars serious as well as minor that line and dot her forearms and expressive hands.

Personality: Kia'aleia is a plain spoken woman, and while talkative enough, communicates more by action or example. She is practical in outlook, and sometimes surprisingly honest. She is dedicated to her artisanship, be it her smithed works, her deft use of a blade, or some much needed advice. She places little value on flattery or form, instead respecting and sometimes showing unexpected kindness to those who try to earn their place. While she makes her living selling well made weapons and other items, she is peculiar about what can and cannot be bought.

Background: Kia'aleia was born into a smithing family from a small Thrax island community that is now almost a decade scattered to defeat by another Thrax group. She was taken as a Thrall, and due to her aptitude and training continued to work, mainly in the metal implements of war. Despite her status as a Thrall, she was diligent and driven enough to excel in her work. An unforeseen moment of violence when she was 17 gave her the opportunity to show her martial skills and a perhaps unexpected loyalty to one of the family that held her as a Thrall. This moment earned her her freedom, and the Deed Name Trueblade. She took that opportunity to seek out a remote artisan master and honed her trade. Now, years later, she has come to earn a name for herself. Surprisingly, she takes a place for herself among the Thrax commoners.